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   Message 965 of 2,396   
   Wilfred van Velzen to mark lewis   
   Re: Import/Export   
   19 Aug 17 22:48:08   
   
   Hi mark,   
      
   On 2017-08-19 13:54:50, you wrote to me:   
      
    WV>> Indeed "most of the time", because Pauls areas.bbs first line was a   
    WV>> regular line with an area definition...   
      
   (I mixed up the two, it was the one from Nicolas)   
      
    ml> yeah, that's why i said that AREAS.BBS processors should skip comment   
    ml> lines and not assume things :wink: :wink:   
      
   After I'd seen the source, I realised there is some room for improvenment! ;)   
      
    WV>> FConfig also skips lines starting with a semicolon...   
      
    ml> that's a GoodThing but it should not just blindly skip the first   
    ml> line... that's a BadThing... FConfig is breaking even at this point ;)   
      
   Indeed. It is a bit of luck that it reads the one from Paul, which starts with   
   the following lines:   
      
    Generated by CrashExport 1.0   
    Sun Nov 13 11:39:21 2016   
      
   Default origin ! Paul Quinn   
      
   The ones created by FMail start with:   
      
   2:280/464 ! Wilfred van Velzen   
    Created by FConfig-W32-2.0.1.2 - Fri Aug 11 13:43:14 2017   
      
   That's why it skips the first line...   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
   --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)   

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